Capitol Trades
capitoltrades.com
Free database of stock trades disclosed by members of Congress under the STOCK Act, filterable by politician, party, sector, asset type and trade size.
What it is
Capitol Trades publishes the stock trades that US senators and representatives must disclose under the STOCK Act. It is run by 2iQ Research, a firm that has collected insider transaction data for more than 20 years, and it combines automated collection with manual checks by 2iQ's analysts. The site is free and needs no account.
The trades table covers the last three years (more than 37,000 trades from over 200 politicians when checked) and can be filtered by party, asset type, buy or sell, trade size, sector and label. Each row shows who traded, the issuer, when the trade happened, when it was published, how many days after the trade it was filed, whether the owner was the member or a family member such as a spouse, and the price where one is known. Politician pages add committee memberships and preferred sectors; issuer and state pages summarise activity from the other direction.
Two things matter before you rely on it. First, disclosures are filed well after the trade: among the newest rows when checked, gaps of three to seven weeks were common, and the "filed after" column shows the lag for every trade. Second, disclosures give dollar ranges such as $15K-$50K, not exact amounts, so the volume figures are estimates built from those ranges.
Key features
- Trades table
- Every disclosed trade from the last three years with filters for party, asset type, transaction type, size, sector and label.
- Filing lag shown
- Each trade lists both the trade date and the publication date with the number of days between them.
- Politician pages
- Trade history, number of filings, issuers traded, estimated volume, committee memberships and preferred sectors for each member.
- Issuer and state views
- See which members traded a given stock, or total activity by state, over a three-year window.
- Insights and newsletter
- Editorial articles on notable disclosures and a free weekly email newsletter; new trades are also posted to X (Twitter).
Pricing
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Full site, no account required |
Capitol Trades states that it keeps the site free to the public. No paid plan, alerts service or API is offered on the site.
Free option: Everything: the full trades table, politician, issuer and state pages, filters and articles, with no account needed.
Checked September 25, 2026 on capitoltrades.com. Prices change; confirm on the provider's site before you subscribe.
Strengths
- Completely free with no sign-up
- Clear filing-lag column shows how old each disclosure is
- Detailed filters by party, sector, asset type, trade size and label
- Data collected by 2iQ Research with manual quality checks
Limitations
- Trades often appear weeks after they happen because disclosures are filed after the fact
- Amounts are disclosed as ranges, so position sizes and volumes are estimates
- No built-in alerts, watchlists, API or mobile app; updates come through the newsletter or X
- The main trades table defaults to a three-year window
Good fit for
- Investors curious about what members of Congress are buying and selling
- Researchers and journalists checking a politician's trading history
- Traders who use congressional buying in a stock as one input among many
Look elsewhere if
- Traders who want push alerts or an API for congressional trades; a paid data service fits better
- Anyone looking for corporate insider (Form 4) trades rather than politicians
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Capitol Trades questions
Is Capitol Trades free?
Yes. The whole site is free and requires no account; the operator says it keeps it free for transparency reasons.
How delayed are congressional trades on Capitol Trades?
Trades are published as close to real time as possible once a disclosure is filed, but filings often come weeks after the trade. Each trade shows how many days passed before it was filed.
Who runs Capitol Trades?
2iQ Research, a company that has collected insider transaction data for more than 20 years.
Does Capitol Trades have alerts?
There are no in-app alerts. You can subscribe to the weekly newsletter or follow its X (Twitter) account for new trades.
Written from Capitol Trades's own website and documentation. All Trading Tools lists and compares tools; it does not recommend trades or give financial advice. Sources: capitoltrades.com, capitoltrades.com/trades, capitoltrades.com/about-us.